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Opinion | Nixon, Trump and What Justice for All Means in America

The Manhattan criminal case against Donald Trump is considered weak but may be resolved before Election Day, unlike the other cases. [ more ]

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How Boris and Carrie fell out of favour with staff at Chequers

Even before Boris Johnson formally succeeded Theresa May as Prime Minister in 2019 there were problems over his use, or what some regarded as his abuse, of Chequers.It led to the resignation of the head housekeeper after claims of tensions with Carrie Johnson.Charlotte Vine MBE, who first worked at the prime minister's official country residence in 2004, left with a payoff in 2020 after signing a non-disclosure agreement.

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Here's something most racing fans agree on: 50 years later, Secretariat is still the GOAT.

Before he was moving like a tremendous machine in a literal earth-shattering performance in the Belmont Stakes, before he secured the ninth Triple Crown sweep in history, ending a 25-year drought, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in such dramatic fashion that it would be considered one of the greatest races of all time if only he didn't follow it with even greater theatrics in his next two races.

Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.

A New Podcast Examines How the 1968 Riots Turned DC Into Chocolate City - Washingtonian

The riots that followed Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination in 1968 reverberated for decades in many US cities. "It's the most widespread unrest in America between the Civil War and 2020," says Vann R. Newkirk II, a senior editor at the Atlantic."Strangely, there's not a whole lot of media about that time."

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The One About When Groucho Marx and Dick Cavett Became Great Friends

On a hot summer day in 1961, a young TV writer and aspiring comedian named Dick Cavett attended the funeral of George S. Kaufman, the renowned wit and man of letters.There he saw one of his heroes, Groucho Marx.Cavett approached Marx, and managed to tell him that he was a big fan.Without missing a beat, Marx responded: Well, if it gets any hotter, I could use a big fan.

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Alain Sailhac, a Celebrity Chef Who Never Sought the Title, Dies at 86

Alain Sailhac, a heralded French-born chef who received the top four-star rating from The New York Times at Le Cygne, a Manhattan temple of haute cuisine, in the 1970s, and later presided over the kitchen at Le Cirque, Manhattan's high-wattage showcase for power brokers, celebrities and socialites, died at his home in Manhattan on Nov. 28.

Futurism

Artificial intelligence

Creator of Viral Image Creating AI Has No Idea Why It Dreamed Up a Horrible Monster

For the vast majority of people who tinker with machine learning technology, the best they can hope for is that others in their community will recognize their work.

Chicago Tribune

Letters: War hawk Paul Wolfowitz's positive spin on the Vietnam War is absurd

The op-ed by Paul Wolfowitz was a stunner ( "Ceremony for Vietnam vet also a time to recognize how US sacrifice changed Asia," May 6).He was one of the key drivers of our invasion of Iraq after 9/11.

Fatherly

30 Years Ago, One Sitcom Dad Had To Choose Between His Beer And His Family

What would happen if Homer Simpson stopped guzzling beer?This was the selling point of "Duffless," a The Simpsons episode that dropped on February 18, 1993.It was the 16th episode of the show's fourth season, and while fans might not consider it a true classic, like its immediate successor, "Last Exit to Springfield," this moment remains a seminal episode today, even if it couldn't be made now.

Futurism

Artificial intelligence

America Trembles as AI Generates Every US President With a Mullet

Business in the Front
Nothing - we repeat: nothing - will make you feel more patriotic than this Twitter thread of mulleted, mustachioed US presidents, created by way of the image-generating AI system Midjourney."Every American president," Cam Harless, the man behind the AI-generated images, wrote at the top of the thread, "but they're all cool and they all sport a mullet."

Truthout

Left-wing politics

Trump Made Up "Audit" Excuse for Why He Shouldn't Make Tax Returns Public

In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, then-candidate Donald Trump claimed that he couldn't share his tax returns with the public because an IRS audit prevented him from doing so.

the Guardian

When Trussonomics arrives, the big winner may well turn out to be Labour | Larry Elliott

ince launching her bid to be prime minister in July, Liz Truss has talked non-stop about the need to challenge Treasury orthodoxy and run the economy differently.

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Prolific character actor Philip Baker Hall dies at 90

Character actor Philip Baker Hall, pictured in 2013, has died at 90.

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I'm a fighter not a quitter': Truss channels Peter Mandelson at PMQs

Liz Truss channelled Peter Mandelson at prime minister's questions on Wednesday when she repeatedly insisted she was a fighter not a quitter.

Chicago Tribune

Museum of Broadcast Communications exits River North home

Concluding its run in a location where it always found itself on shaky financial footing, the Museum of Broadcast Communications earlier this month moved out of its home in a four-story River North building after a commercial development firm exercised its right to buy the remainder of the structure.

The Paris Review

Americans Abroad - The Paris Review

By the time I saw Nixon in China during its 2011 run at the Metropolitan Opera, it had become a classic, if not an entirely undisputed one.It had made it to the Met, at least, with its composer, John Adams, conducting, and James Maddalena, who originated the role of Nixon in the 1987 premiere at the Houston Grand Opera, back at it, now nearly the age Nixon was when he made the trip.

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A showbiz striver gets one more moment in the spotlight in 'Up With the Sun'

Google the real-life actor, "Dick Kallman" and you'll see one of those faces that just misses.Here's how Thomas Mallon, in his dazzling new historical novel, Up With the Sun, describes the young Kallman's looks when he made his stage debut in 1951: He had a fine, glossy New York kisser, the kind that made you wonder: Italian?

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Renee Fleming stars as `Nixon in China' arrives in Paris

After spending decades portraying generals' wives, a countess and a courtesan, Renee Fleming walked gingerly onto the stage of the Bastille Opera in a blond wig, red coat and black gloves to depict Pat Nixon, former first lady of the United States.John Adams' Nixon in China, a 1987 work among the most acclaimed American operas, received its Paris Opera premiere on Saturday night to eight minutes of applause following a revelatory production by Argentine director Valentina Carrasco that replaced literalism with metaphor.

the Guardian

Regine Zylberberg obituary

In 1950s Paris, Régine Zylberberg, a barmaid, cloakroom assistant and occasional seller of bras in the local market, had an idea that would transform the city's nightlife and make her the darling of the international jet set.

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Boston real estate

A Cohasset estate visited by presidents and film crews hits the market for $18m

Real Estate The 10-bedroom property was once owned by the founder of Barron's magazine."The Oaks," the historic Georgian-style Cohasset estate visited by Jon Hamm in 2022's Confess, Fletch, is on the market for $18 million.Located on the site of an ancient shipyard at 49 Margin St., the property was originally the summer home of financier Clarence W. Barron, founder of Barron's magazine.

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Stream These 5 TV Shows and Movies Before They Leave Netflix in March

This month's departing titles on Netflix in the United States include two cult-favorite television shows worth your attention, a slapstick comedy with a peculiar origin story and two dramas that should have won more Oscars than they did.Stream them while you can.(Dates indicate the final day a title is available.)

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Jimmy Kimmel Wonders Why Trump Would Talk to Bob Woodward

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.The journalist Bob Woodward released hours of content from his interviews with former President Donald Trump in a new audiobook, The Trump Tapes.

Battery Power

This Day in Braves History: Milwaukee trades Joe Adcock to Cleveland

Braves Franchise History
1962 - The Milwaukee Braves trade Joe Adcock and Jack Curtis to Cleveland for pitcher Frank Funk and outfielders Don Dillard and Ty Cline.MLB History
1941 - Joe DiMaggio wins the MVP Award in the American League over Ted Williams.DiMaggio set a league record with his 56-game hitting streak while Williams finished the season with a .406

Nytimes

Opinion | Five Blunt Truths About the War in Ukraine

Five sentences sum up the war in Ukraine as it stands now.

The Russians are running out of precision-guided weapons.The Ukrainians are running out of Soviet-era munitions.

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